Kate Salley Palmer: Born to Cartoon
February 21, 2006
The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library
27 West 17th Avenue Mall, Columbus OH 43210-1303
Kate Salley Palmer: Born to Cartoon is an exhibition
of Palmer's editorial cartoons about national and international
issues. She claims that cartoonists are born, not made--and
her passion for her art is reflected in her work. On Tuesday,
February 21, 2006, Kate Salley Palmer will speak at 4:30
p.m. in the seminar room adjacent to the Cartoon Research
Library. A reception honoring her will begin at 3:30 p.m.
An Orangeburg, South Carolina, native, Kate Salley Palmer
graduated from the University of South Carolina with a major
in elementary education. She began freelance cartooning with
the Greenville News in 1975 and in 1978 she became
their first full-time editorial cartoonist. She was syndicated
by Field (later News America Syndicate) in 1980. She left
the newspaper in 1984 and moved to Associated Features in
1986. Her syndication ended in 1989, after which she has
devoted her efforts to writing and illustrating children's
books.
A collection of her political cartoons titled Growing
Up Cartoonist (In the Baby Boom South) will be published
in late 2005 by Clemson University Digital Press. This
exhibition is cosponsored by the Department of Women's
Studies. The exhibition, reception, and lecture are free
and open to the public. Parking is available in the Ohio
Union garage.
